Northwest History. State History. Box 1. Accidents.

Two Badly Hurt
Kellogg Men Plunge Off
Broken Highway in
Automobile.
Two Hurt, One May Die.
It was learned today Fred Samuelson of Kellogg was critically injured and Ernest Johnson of the same
city was badly hurt Saturday when
they attempted to reach Johnson's
inundated home in an automobile.
The car plunged into a washout on
the highway. Both Samuelson's legs
were broken below the knees, his left
thigh shattered and he was crushed
internally. No hope was held for his
recovery. Both Johnson's legs were
broken and he was badly cut and
bruised.
The Union Pacific railroad has several large crews at work to reestablish rail service to the area. Power
companies, telephone and telegraph
companies are making surveys to i
learn the extent of damage to their |work. The Northern Pacific railroad
has not started repair work because
equipment was not available.
Push Car Seven Miles.
The first automobile traffic out of
i Kellogg was reported here today.
Frederick Blackwell of Spokane,
! driver of one of the two cars to get
out, said his passengers pushed the
ear seven miles through Cataldo flats,
wading in two feet of water. On Mission flats he said they pushed through
floating logs and other debris.
"Scouts" waded ahead of the cars to
make soundings as a precaution
against the cars diving into a washout such as that which caused the
wreck of the Johnson car.
Temperature was below freezing at
Wallace and Kellogg today, causing
considerable suffering. Hotels and
business houses, with basements
flooded, and scores of homes were
without heat. Although there was a
hortage of fresh food, there was litis, if any, suffering from hunger.

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Two Badly Hurt
Kellogg Men Plunge Off
Broken Highway in
Automobile.
Two Hurt, One May Die.
It was learned today Fred Samuelson of Kellogg was critically injured and Ernest Johnson of the same
city was badly hurt Saturday when
they attempted to reach Johnson's
inundated home in an automobile.
The car plunged into a washout on
the highway. Both Samuelson's legs
were broken below the knees, his left
thigh shattered and he was crushed
internally. No hope was held for his
recovery. Both Johnson's legs were
broken and he was badly cut and
bruised.
The Union Pacific railroad has several large crews at work to reestablish rail service to the area. Power
companies, telephone and telegraph
companies are making surveys to i
learn the extent of damage to their |work. The Northern Pacific railroad
has not started repair work because
equipment was not available.
Push Car Seven Miles.
The first automobile traffic out of
i Kellogg was reported here today.
Frederick Blackwell of Spokane,
! driver of one of the two cars to get
out, said his passengers pushed the
ear seven miles through Cataldo flats,
wading in two feet of water. On Mission flats he said they pushed through
floating logs and other debris.
"Scouts" waded ahead of the cars to
make soundings as a precaution
against the cars diving into a washout such as that which caused the
wreck of the Johnson car.
Temperature was below freezing at
Wallace and Kellogg today, causing
considerable suffering. Hotels and
business houses, with basements
flooded, and scores of homes were
without heat. Although there was a
hortage of fresh food, there was litis, if any, suffering from hunger.